Title WAT, California Water Code

Each regional board shall investigate its region to determine areas in which discharges of waste from houseboats are inadequately regulated by local ordinance. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)

Each regional board shall notify each affected city or county, the State Department of Public Health and the Department of Boating and Waterways of areas of inadequate regulation by ordinance of discharges of waste from houseboats and shall recommend provisions necessary to contr…

Each affected city or county shall within 120 days of receipt of the notice from the regional board, adopt an ordinance for control of discharges of waste from houseboats within the area for which notice was given by the board. A copy of the ordinance shall be sent to the regiona…

Such city or county ordinance shall take effect 60 days from the date of adoption by the city or county, unless the regional board holds a public hearing on the matter and determines that the city or county ordinance is not sufficiently restrictive to protect the quality of the w…

If a city or county fails to adopt an ordinance controlling discharges of waste from houseboats within 120 days of receipt of the regional board’s notice pursuant to Section 13903, or fails to adopt or modify such ordinance in the manner determined as necessary by the regional bo…

Any action, report, determination, or regulation taken or adopted by a regional board, or any failure of a regional board to act may be reviewed by the state board, and shall be reviewed by the state board on the request of any affected city or county. The state board has all pow…

No provision in this chapter and no action thereunder by a regional board or the state board is a limitation on the power of a city or county to adopt and enforce additional ordinances or regulations not in conflict therewith imposing further conditions, restrictions, or limitati…

This chapter shall apply only to the Ramirez Water District. For purposes of this chapter, “district” means the Ramirez Water District. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 699, Sec. 1. Effective October 10, 1995.)

The board of directors of the district may, by a four-fifths vote, at any time, establish two divisions, or later establish new boundaries for the two divisions, within the district in accordance with this chapter. If the board decides to establish divisions or new boundaries for…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the board to act by a four-fifths vote on any matter except as expressly provided in this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 124, Sec. 157. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Except as provided in this chapter, all elections shall be governed by the general provisions of this division and by the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code). (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 699,…

This chapter does not in any way invalidate any act of the district, its directors, or its officers and employees made or performed before the effective date of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 699, Sec. 1. Effective October 10, 1995.)

(a) This chapter does not affect any acts or proceedings heretofore taken for the authorization, issuance, or sale of any bonds of the district before the effective date of this chapter or affect the ability of the district to sell and issue any bond heretofore authorized. (b) Fo…

The board of directors may at any time alter, repeal, or amend the district’s bylaws by a majority vote. Any alteration, repeal, or amendment to the bylaws shall be recorded with the county recorder of each affected county. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 699, Sec. 1. Effective Octobe…

No board action taken pursuant to this chapter shall require approval by the county board of supervisors. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 699, Sec. 1. Effective October 10, 1995.)

Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 35281, the 1995 district election shall be by divisions established by the board of directors pursuant to this chapter if the board of directors establishes those divisions on or before September 9, 1995. Subsequent district elections sh…

Upon the call of any assessment, or portion thereof, as provided in this division the board shall ascertain the total net revenue which has been derived by the district from the generation of electric power since the call of the last preceding assessment, or portion thereof. (Add…

From the assessment called upon each tract of land which has been assessed for the costs of the properties comprising the portion of the project to be used for the generation of electric energy, there shall be deducted by the county treasurer of each affected county an amount equ…

Bonds in the total amount of three billion four hundred forty million dollars ($3,440,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 79588, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to be used for carrying out the purp…

The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and all provisions of th…

(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this division, the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002 Finance Committee is hereby created. Fo…

The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this division in order to carry out the actions specified in this division and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be auth…

There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds maturing each year, and it is the duty…

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for purposes of this division, an amount that will equal the total of the following: (a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued and…

For the purposes of carrying out this division, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have been authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this division. Any …

All money derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest. (Added November 5, 2002, by initiative Proposition 50.)

Any bonds issued or sold pursuant to this division may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. Approval by the electors of the state for the…

The people of California hereby find and declare that inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this division are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject t…

Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the cost of bond issuance shall be paid out of the bond proceeds. These costs shall be shared proportionally by each program funded under this division. Actual costs i…

Notwithstanding any other law, ninety-five million dollars ($95,000,000) of the unissued bonds authorized for the purposes of this division are reallocated for the purposes of, and shall be authorized, issued, and appropriated in accordance with, Division 26.7 (commencing with Se…

The sum of three hundred ninety-five million dollars ($395,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, to the Department of Water Resources and the Central Valley Flood Protection Board for the purpose of statewide flood management projects a…

Of the funds authorized by Section 79780, two hundred ninety-five million dollars ($295,000,000) shall be available to reduce the risk of levee failure and flood in the Delta for any of the following: (a) Local assistance under the Delta levee maintenance subventions program purs…